Top 25 Quotes by Miles Franklin of 33 - Page 2

I never can see why they make such a fuss and get so frightened because wimmen does a thing or two now they usedn't to. Nothing short of a earthquake can make them not men an' wimmmen, an' that's the main thing.

I never can see why they make such a fuss and get so frightened because wimmen does a thing or two now they usedn't to. Nothing short of a earthquake can make them not men an' wimmmen, an' that's the main thing.

Miles Franklin

Men, Earthquakes, Two

What I absorbed from autobiographies was not how to be great so much as the littleness of the great.

Miles Franklin

Autobiography

Miles Franklin (2012). “My Career Goes Bung”, p.28, Allen & Unwin

Every now and again it would be considered wholesome for me to be more with people of my own age. Demotion to such company was a sapless exile. Their inanity was insufferable.

Miles Franklin

People, Age, Would Be

Miles Franklin (2017). “Childhood At Brindabella: My First Ten Years”, p.80, ETT Imprint

the way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.

Miles Franklin

Desire, Way, Condemnation

Miles Franklin (2014). “Some Everyday Folk and Dawn”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

Cowards always drag in the Bible to back theirselves up far more than proper people does.

Miles Franklin

Bible, People, Coward

Miles Franklin (2014). “Some Everyday Folk and Dawn”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

Ah, the bitter, hopeless heart-hunger of godlessness none but an atheist can understand!

Miles Franklin

Atheist, Heart, Atheism

Miles Franklin (2009). “My Brilliant Career”, p.81, The Floating Press

In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and has to enter the business of life in competition with adults.

Miles Franklin

Children, Clever, Careers

Miles Franklin (2014). “Some Everyday Folk and Dawn”, p.125, Simon and Schuster